> Assuming the old drive is /dev/hda, the new one is /dev/hdb AND that > you've set up identical partitions and formatted them (with > partition 1 > being the root filesystem, and 2 being the root user's home > directory), > create new mountpoints and mount the new drive's partitions there: > > # mkdir -p /newdrive/rootfs > # mount /dev/hdb1 /newdrive/rootfs > # mkdir -p /newdrive/rootuser > # mount /dev/hdb2 /newdrive/rootuser > > Then copy the contents: > > # cp -ax / /newdrive/rootfs > # cp -ax /root /newdrive/rootuser > > Don't worry about the swap filesystem, just create the > partition for it > on the new drive. > Are you saying this will create a bootable drive after doing a grub-install on the new drive?
